Drug Resistant Bacteria – Part 1 (CT Scan, Episode 34)

Textbooks often call antibiotic-resistant bacteria prime “evidence for evolution.” Based on a real textbook example, let’s use Critical Thinking Checks #1-5 to look at what’s really going on in the observational science of bacteria resistance. There’s a lot more to the story than what many textbooks say!

DIGGING DEEPER
• Gillen, A. L. (2007). The genesis of germs: the origin of diseases and the coming plagues. New leaf publishing group.)
o Is Antibiotic Resistance Proof of Evolution? https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/antibiotic-resistance/is-antibiotic-resistance-proof-of-evolution/
o The Origin of Disease: A Creation Perspective, Part 1. https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/genesis-germs/origin-of-disease-creation-perspective-1/ (See also Parts 2 and 3)
• Antibiotic resistance articles: https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/antibiotic-resistance/
• Natural selection articles: https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/
• Mutation articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/
• Gillen, A. (2009). The genesis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A modern day “leprosy” and hospital menace. https://answersingenesis.org/natural-selection/antibiotic-resistance/the-genesis-of-methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus/

CITED REFERENCES
Reece et al. (2012). Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life. In G. Bennett, L. Rahn, D. Kamo, E. Bush, & S. Bindernagel (Eds.), Campbell biology (Canadian ed., pp 493-494). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

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